CareTrust REIT invests £42m in UK care homes

CareTrust REIT has acquired four homes in the UK for approximately £42m, with a fifth planned as part of a second tranche of the...

Payment requirements

The Home Office announced changes to the criteria used for assessing whether employers are paying sponsored workers the correct salary. These changes were effective...

Care providers urged to mitigate risks over delegated healthcare

Adult social care providers are being urged to prepare for and mitigate legal and insurance risks as the trend for offering delegated healthcare services...

Weight Partners Capital exits Towerview Care

Weight Partners Capital LLP has completed the exit of its portfolio company Towerview Care. The provider was acquired out of administration in June 2017 and...

KYN begins construction work on fifth care home

KYN has started construction work on a care home in Hammersmith, London, beside the River Thames. The development, named KYN Riverside, is scheduled to open...

Keane Premier Group completes deal for Priority Care

Keane Premier Group has completed the acquisition of Priority Care Group in a deal that will double the size of its portfolio and extend...

Barchester Healthcare launches hospitality apprenticeship programme

Barchester Healthcare has launched a hospitality apprenticeship initiative, covering career pathways from kitchen assistants to senior head chefs. Fifty employees are enrolling onto the programme,...

Puma’s impact lending framework delivers EDGE-certified care home

Puma Property Finance has delivered its first loan through its impact lending framework (ILF), with Cedar Lodge in Whitchurch-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, securing EDGE (excellence in...

Octopus Capital invests to deliver two care homes

Real estate investor Octopus Capital has agreed a forward funding deal to support the delivery of two purpose-built care homes in Staffordshire and Norfolk. The...

Ilarna supports NHS trusts on hospital discharge

Digital healthcare platform ilarna is helping NHS trusts improve patient care, support safe and timely discharge from hospital, and make better use of hospital...